Also listed on Fire & Pump Service Group, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Apr 29, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 29, 2033
Held by Acme Group, LLC
Filed Jun 15, 2016 as application 15/183,734 · Granted Jul 14, 2020
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2013
2033
Clock starts
Apr 29, 2013
Apr 29, 2013
Term ends
Apr 29, 2033
Apr 29, 2033
Granted
Jul 14, 2020
Jul 14, 2020
base term
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,393,451, to Apr 29, 2033. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
1 of 3
Maintenance fees paid
Three maintenance fees fall due, at 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years from grant. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
10
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record
How we calculated this date
One row per rule, each showing its own input and what it did to the date. A step we could not verify says so instead of resolving itself.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Apr 29, 2013, when application 13/873,143, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 15, 2016) | Apr 29, 2033 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,393,451) | resolves to Apr 29, 2033, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Apr 29, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,393,451 | In force Aug 2033 | Aug 2033 |
| US 10,709,916 | this patent Apr 2033 | Apr 2033 |
| Application 62/981,911 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 11,883,700 | In force no later than Mar 2034 | no later than Mar 2034 |
| US 12,420,126 | In force Jul 2036 | Jul 2036 |
| US 12,491,393 | In force Mar 2034 | Mar 2034 |
| US 12,722,031 | In force Apr 2033 | Apr 2033 |
| US 12,728,307 | In force Apr 2033 | Apr 2033 |
8 of 10 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Assignments
Assignment documents as recorded at the USPTO, oldest first, with the reel and frame each was recorded at. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership, and the absence of a later one is not evidence that the last one still stands.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 2016 Reel 39821, frame 690 | Broidy, Frank | Fire & Pump Service Group | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 6, 2022 Reel 60111, frame 874 | Broidy, Frank, MR. | Fire Pump and Service Group | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 2, 2024 Reel 66489, frame 91 | Broidy, Frank | Fire & Pump Service Group | Corrective Assignment to Correct the the Assignee Name Previously Recorded at Reel: 060111 Frame: 0874. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assingment. |
| Oct 3, 2024 Reel 68782, frame 954 | Fire & Pump Service Group | Acme Group, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Apr 2033
Term ends Apr 29, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,393,451, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
5
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2020 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.